2017 IIHF World Championship Canada vs Norway

PARIS, France – Canada scored twice in each of the first and second periods on its way to a 5-0 win over Norway Monday. With the win, Canada clinches top spot in Group B and improves to 5-0-0-1 in the tournament.

• Colton Parayko (St. Albert, Alta./St. Louis, NHL) scored a pair of powerplay goals for the red-and-white, while Mark Scheifele (Kitchener, Ont./Winnipeg, NHL) andRyan O’Reilly (Varna, Ont./Buffalo, NHL) netted a goal and an assist each. Brayden Schenn (Saskatoon, Sask./Philadelphia, NHL) rounded out the scoring for Team Canada.
• Nathan MacKinnon (Cole Harbour, N.S./Colorado, NHL) chipped in with three assists to climb to 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in six games.
• Canada outshot Norway 48-10 in the game; Chad Johnson (Calgary/Calgary, NHL) picked up his third win in as many starts, making 10 saves.

Next game: Team Canada has little time to rest as they close out preliminary round action on Tuesday, May 16 at 2 p.m. ET against Finland.

 

“We played pretty well today. I think our guys were playing a little bit angry from what happened [in the overtime loss to Switzerland] so there was an extra jump in their step. We knew what was on the line for us – that we had a chance to come first in our group. Guys came out with energy, came out determined, and the result of the Swiss game was added incentive. We wanted to get the lead [and] we did, and our special teams were really good. We had a will tonight and it was good to see.” – Jon Cooper, Team Canada head coach, on his team’s bounce back effort